Wednesday, 31 December 2008

A Snapshot of Chester


Take a short tour of the City of Chester, the historic gem of the North West of England. A beautiful and ancient city - illustrated by some marvellous photos.

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Friday, 19 December 2008

Strange World Delight: a Treatise on Parallel Universes


The idea of parallel universes has been one of the most celebrated stuffs of mythology, science fiction and fantasy for long eons of time. And it continues to fascinate both readers and writers across cultures and generations.

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Dendrobatidae: Pretty Poison


Dendrobatidae are diurnal and have beautiful colors and patterns which have made them a favorite of hobbyists worldwide. Beautiful pics as well.

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Sunday, 14 December 2008

Tribute to the Dandelion: Whimsical World Wide Weed


The humble dandelion. From your garden to almost the ends of the earth this small but conspicuous plant flourishes. Gardeners do not appreciate its presence, considering it a weed, even though its flowering usually indicates the beginning of the honey bee season. Here is a short but sincere homage to the small wonder of our botanical world.

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A Photographic Journey Around Rwanda


In colonial times, the beautiful Central African nation of Rwanda earned the title "The Land of a Thousand Hills". Subsequently it became famous as the land of "Gorillas in the Mist". Today it is a mesmerising mixture of lakes, mountains, and unforgettable wildlife.

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Liquid Sculptures: The New Wave of Art Flooding the World


From the beginning of time, water has always played a vital role in our lives. The world is made up mostly of water, and so are our bodies. Before we're born, our tiny, unformed body is preserved in a sac of water. Consequently, it was only a question of time, before mankind came up with water as an art form...

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Six Insanely Bizarre Websites!



Some the weirdest websites that you’ll ever come across while you rummage through the back alleys of the World Wide Web. ‘Weird’, doesn’t do justice to these bizarre creations.

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Extraordinarily Rude Behavior Around the World


It is quite possible to be extremely rude, or even siggestive in a foreign country, without even knowing you've done it.

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Sunday, 7 December 2008

How to Make an Entire Sea Disappear


The Aral sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and was once the fourth largest sea in the world. Most people today haven't even heard of it. What was a 68,000 square kilometer sea, and thriving fishing industry, is now a sea that is 10 % of the original size, too salty and polluted to support fish. In fact the third largest sea in the world,

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Saturday, 6 December 2008

15 Christmas Trees that will make you Scratch Your Head


Not everyone has or wants the traditional tree that the term Christmas tree brings to mind. Check out some of these alternatives to the regular standard trees. They don't all scream Christmas to me but they're definitely different!

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10 Absolutely Useless Items

Ever bought a gadget and afterwards thought it was the most useless thing ever?

Webphemera contributor takes a look at 10 of these gadgets. Take some time out to look and them - then put them on your wish list - or indeed take them off!

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Power Towers: Some Extraordinary Tall Structures


Towers are manmade structures and are defined as being taller in height than in its width, generally substantially so. Since Neolithic times, towers have served as lookout posts for sentinel and fortification purposes.

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How about them Bills?


Dollar bills? Buffalo Bills? or the bills on Toucan Sam's friends and cousins?

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Book Autopsies


Old encyclopedias sit on the shelf and gather dust with no one much to bother them. If they had minds and souls perhaps they would quietly despair at the disregard the vast bulk of humanity pays them as they quietly molder away. They might even become introspective and look up the second law of thermodynamics within their own pages to ascertain how much time they have left before they go the way of all things. An American artist has, however, been saving these books (at least for a while) from the vicissitudes of entropy by giving them a new form and shape – a new lease of life, if you like.

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Friday, 5 December 2008

Funny, Funny!


A collection of some of the funniest pictures on the internet at the moment!

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Who Has the Sweetest Smile?


Ten lovely dogs and their sweetest smiles. Who said that animals don't smile? Well, they do, as a matter of fact, some can also laugh. Take a careful look to the following pictures and judge who has the sweetest smile. Here are the photos of the ten happiest dogs posted in the net.

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Extraordinary Street Vendor Foods: All Served on a Stick


Move over Iron Chefs, and make room for The Wooden Chefs. Street vendors who serve all of their culinary creations on...you guessed it. A Stick.

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No Ifs or Ands: Put the Butts in to Photography


A photograph taken from an unusual angle can take an image from the dull to the wonderful in an instant. Instead of concentrating on the face, why not take a chance on that sometimes neglected (and other times overused) part of the anatomy - the butt. Call it what you like, caboose, bum or bottom - its inclusion on film can make a photograph. Have

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The Art of Arborsculpture

Do you have a green thumb? Then perhaps arborsculpture is for you. It may not be a word that is familiar to you – it does not yet appear in any dictionaries, but it is a combination of art and gardening which is quickly growing in popularity.

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